Koston Birthday Bash Posted on May 2nd, 2008 by zebra | +Add a Comment » | 348 views
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Eric Koston had a birthday bash with some friends last night and The Skateboard Mag has the coverage. 

Lizard King got Koston some sweet presents…. Beer and duct tape!

Atiba Jefferson and his bro got rad on the foosball table.

For more go to The Skateboard Mag 

	One on One Seshn with Mikey Taylor Posted on April 26th, 2008 by zebra | +Add a Comment » | 210 views
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Where are you living?
I live in Newbury Park… pretty much in the middle of nowhere!

Where did you grow up?
I grew up in Agoura. It’s about 10min north of the valley. I started skating there, then moved to N.P. when I was 16.

What do you miss about your hometown? What don’t you miss?
Well if were talking about Agoura… I don’t miss anything. That place sucks! Newbury has it’s ups and downs. It’s cool because all my friends live out
here, but other then that it’s pretty standard.

Favorite place to get away from it all?
I’m still looking for that place!

Do you do any other sports?
Surf and Snowboard… I’m going for the XXX award this year at the Xgames!

What kind of kid were you in school?
I was actually a pretty good kid. I never really got into trouble in school. I just wanted to skate. I was a total skate rat. It was a little different back then though because skating wasn’t really popular yet. So I wasn’t cool in high school and I didn’t really have a ton of friends. We were kind of just outcast. We just didn’t get a shit about anything but skating!

What’s your typical day like?
My day is pretty much the same everyday. I wake up around 11am, meet up with some people and go skate. I usually get home around 10pm and just chill.

How many airports have you been to in the last 3 months?
Jeeze… maybe 15!

What’s your favorite part about traveling?
My favorite part about traveling is skating new spots. I seriously base everything off of skating. If there’s nothing to skate in that city then I write that city off. I get soo burnt out on skating the same spots every single day, so it’s so nice going to skate new spots.

Top 5 Favorite Photographers?
Atiba, Acosta, Barton, Trihn, and Reda

What’s your family like? Do they skate?
My family’s pretty athletic. My dad and my sister both surf. My mom kinda just chills. Does the whole mom thing. And my little brother skates. He’s really good!!!

What are your favorite websites?
To tell you the truth, I’m not a huge internet person. I like being out and doing shit ya know! But if I am on the internet it’s either for myspace or The Berrics!

Who is killing it these days and why?
Sean Malto, Devine Calloway, and everyone on AWS

Top 3 hottest babes?
khiera knitley or how ever you spell her name. Angolina jolie, and lets go with Beyonce

What was your hardest slam ever?
I flew off of a motorcycle going about 45mph. That put me out for a couple months!

Do you play video games? What are your favorite games?
I don’t really play video games, but one of my friends brought nintendo wii over. That stupid thing is pretty fun! We were playing tennis for like 5 hours.

Top 5 Favorite Videos
Mouse, Photosynthesis, Feedback, The Reason, Modus Operandi

What kind of car do you drive?
I have a Acura Tl and a Honda Civic. The Honda is a totally skate car. I drive that thing everyday.

Favorite fast food?
In & Out

Who was your first sponsor and how did you get hooked up?
My first sponsor was Duffs shoes. I just made sponsor me tapes and sent em out. They were the first to call me back.

Who are your current sponsors now?
Alien Workshop, Etnies, Ogio, and Thunder

What are you getting sick of?
Traffic

What are you stoked on?
Tranny

Do you have a funny joke to tell?
I wish I had funny jokes… but in all honesty, I’m just not that funny!

Top 5 favorite songs?
Shyne- Whatcha gonna do
Lil’ Wayne- This is the Carter
The Game- Don’t make me clap
T.I.- Look What I Got
Nas- Either

What kind of shoes do you have on right now?
I have my new shoe on… It comes out in June

What did your last text message say?
I texted AVE… let’s go skate!

Shout outs:
I actually hate shout outs cuz I always leave people out… so thanks everyone!!!

	Bellevue Skate Plaza set for Grand Opening Posted on April 19th, 2008 by zebra | +Add a Comment » | 1,163 views
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If you live near the Seattle area you should be stoked. The new Highland Skate Plaza is hosting it’s official grand opening on May 16. A bunch of festivities will be going down such as a best trick contest and a skate demo and autograph signing from the Nike SB team.

This should be a bangin’ good time. If you are going to be attending the event, make sure you hit us back with some photos and a story about what went down. You can do that here.

	Kody Servold Posted on April 17th, 2008 by Gage | +Add a Comment » | 120 views
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I went skating with a bunch of my good friends and Kody Servold was in town and he just recently got hooked up with Altamont, Emerica, Toy Machine, and Active Skate Shop. So we went to this 9 rail i happened to get a really good photo of a fs noseblunt.

My email is: hellyer.gage@yahoo.com

	Wheels of Misfortune Posted on April 16th, 2008 by Gage | 1 Comment » | 170 views
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Recently, I’ve been watching a lot of skate videos and i couldn’t seem to find one worthy of posting, until my good friend Wes told me about a video he is filming for. The video’s name is just amazing as the video itself. The title of the video is Wheels of Misfortune and it is going to be a hit. The video is being filmed by a San Diego local Eric Bennette. Here’s the promo and be on the look out for when it is completed.

	Phx Am Posted on April 2nd, 2008 by Gage | +Add a Comment » | 282 views
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This coming Saturday is the starting day for the Phx Am. It is one of the biggest skateboarding competitions all year held by a local shop Cowtown, so you don’t want to miss out on all the festivities. For those who wont be able to make it, I should have lots of updates on the contest on my blog. See ya there!

	Matix Welcomes Jesus Fernandez Posted on February 29th, 2008 by matix | +Add a Comment » | 344 views
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Matix is proud to announce the addition of Jesus Fernandez to the team. The Spanish skater, currently residing in the European skate-Mecca, Barcelona, joins team riders Daewon Song, Rick McCrank, Brandon Biebel, Jeron Wilson, Van Wastell, JB Gillet, Tory Pudwill, Mike Mo Capaldi, Marty Murawski, Mike Anderson, Rodney Mullen and Thrasher magazine’s ‘Skater of the Year’, Marc Johnson on the International line-up for 2008 after turning heads with his break-through video part in Lakai’s, Fully Flared. ”We’re really excited to have Jesus onboard with Matix. He’s a perfect fit on the team.” said Tony Evjenth, Matix Team Manager. “His Lakai video part has opened many eyes to what we’ve known for years - that he rips like no other.” Jesus first started skating with his brothers in his hometown of Madrid before moving to Barcelona 4 years ago. Jesus is about to have his first board released on Chocolate and is currently filming for forthcoming video projects. Plans are also in the pipeline for getting him on the road this year with the Matix team. Matix joins Lakai, Chocolate and Royal in support for Jesus in 2008 and beyond. “This is going to be good,”said Jesus.

	Emerica Stay Gold Miami Teaser Posted on February 15th, 2008 by street_rat | +Add a Comment » | 223 views
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Here’s the latest teaser from Emerica. It’s called Stay Gold Miami and it features quality footy from some Emerican young guns including, Brandon Westgate, Marquis Preston and Justin Figueroa. They were in Miami last month and came up with this little shindig. Not bad boys.

	Active Covers Tampa Am 2008 Posted on January 23rd, 2008 by brabee | +Add a Comment » | 126 views
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Tampa Am has once again come and gone. Every year the talent steps up their game and every year there the competition goes off like a KISS concert, minus the pyrotechnics and the band itself. The judges had the difficult job of scoring some amazing skateboarding and only being able to bring 12 guys to the top. Active had a bunch of guys in the semi finals including John Dixon (who recently won Damn Am Amsterdam) and David Loy but the guys who made it to the finals and placed top 12 were Theotis Beasley and Chris Gregson. Congratulations guys!

Results are in…

1. Ryan Decenzo
2. Ben Hatchell
3. Davis Torgerson
4. Felipe Gustavo
5. Vincent Alvarez
6. Chazz Ortiz
7. Chris Gregson
8. Shane O’Neill
9. Taylor Smith
10. Filipe Ortiz
11. Theotis Beasley
12. Chris Troy

For a ton of photos from the event click here.

	Independent Northwest Tour Posted on January 6th, 2008 by brabee | +Add a Comment » | 374 views
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Independent is doing something pretty rad and creative right now. Their top skaters went on tour over the summer and they are releasing the footy, 2 parts per week on their website at northwest.independenttrucks.com. The Northwest Tour features Peter Hewitt, Chet Childress, Matt Mumford, Darren Navarrette, Dan Drehobl, Al Partanen, Omar Hassan, Andrew Currie, and Sammy Baca as they travel through Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Montana skating 14 of the world’s best concrete skateparks!

Check out a preview below: